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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1939
Page
7
The Cowboys claim the league title with a 30 to 23 victory in the Fort Alpine final round. Semifinal action set the stage as the team from San pals edged toward the Fort Stock championship led by E Antonio.
The 1938 assessment compiled by the agricultural college specialist notes grazing and seed practices, with 8 million acres in plan and a quarter sown as part of an improvement year. In El Paso last weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Fenton Alley and family, judge in Sheriffs Posse rodeo. John B Howard, El Paso attorney formerly Pecos resident, attended business. Dr L A Zink and Mrs Elizabeth Zechman visited with the Zinks during the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ross and daughter Billy Nell visit with Mrs. Callie Ross in Pecos. Buck Jackson handles business and sees friends in El Paso. Judge W. W. Hubbard travels to Dallas for business. El Paso visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Bob Breeding and Mrs. Max Krauskopf. Margaret Duncan of Fort Davis shops and visits. Mrs. Raymond Cox of Kilgore visits her parents in Pecos. Mrs. Sammy Caroline and Dusty spend hours in Alpine. Charlie Cain and family from Tohoka visit Pecos for business. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeff Wood return to Pecos from Marfa. Mrs. Ruby Moran, Helen Hudson, and Opal O’Neil spend weekend in El Paso. Mrs. Marvin C. Lyles of San Antonio arrives to spend a month with relatives in Pecos. Mr. John Cowan and Mrs. J. T. Murrell visit Ben Colwell family in Pecos.
Frederic March and Joan Bennett lead a globe trotting detective chase in Trade Winds. Spanning seven countries from San Francisco to Honolulu Japan Shanghai Indo China Malaya Ceylon and back to San Francisco the film features action packed scenes in colorful locales and a dramatic climax in San Francisco. Ann Sothern appears as March's secretary in the San Francisco office.
The piece urges buying clean pure labeled seed and explains seed labeling laws. It describes how to judge seed quality by origin, variety, germination, and suitability to soil. It warns against bulk or bargain seeds and stresses buying ahead, reading tags, and using certified or registered seed for a full, healthy stand.
Miss Y et ive M Riordan wed W A Davis in Van Horn on February 18 with Rev H H Nance officiating. Riordan is from Fort Stockton and teaches English in Toyah. Davis works in the Texas Highway Department in Crane. They plan to reside in Crane after a brief El Paso honeymoon.
Texas drivers may keep operating licenses beyond April 1 as the public safety commission approves an indefinite extension pending action on Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 50. Chauffeurs and commercial operators remain unaffected. About 2.75 million licenses have been issued since 1936.
Texas safety officials credit concentrated enforcement on 19 high risk corridors for a drop in deaths from 315 in 1937 to 134 in 1938. Homer Garrison Jr. said death rates fell more than 57 percent as patrols guarded speeders and reckless drivers along strategic crash points.
The weekly Christian Science Lesson-Sermon centers on Jesus Christ and the word of Christ dwelling richly in believers. It cites Colossians 3 16 17 John 12 44 and Science and Health page 271 to emphasize Christ as the scientific inheritance of all ages.
The text notes average vocabularies from 7,000 to 10,000 words for the typical man and about 20,000 words for men in certain skilled occupations. It also mentions a fictional forest list of nonsense plant names.
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